living with muscular dystrophy is a great night of awareness and fun here to tell us more is bill schick who is the vice president of the nfl alumni association of chicago it's a really terrific event and you guys work all year long to get a team together of former nfl players to body with these children suffering from this disease >>the kids are the stars at night it's an incredible event to be able to pair off one of these children with an athlete is a special thing. given the wonderful sponsors that we have it come together to make this event one of the premier events across the season here in chicago we are very happy to be a part of that >>the nfl players are our real draw and that's what brings people in for the night to help raise the money >>tell us about his participating this year >>reggie smith will be present calvin thomas ellen alice major hazleton we are looking forward to sharing time with the kids we are growing they are growing we want to be part of that >>this is our third year of the relationship for the nfl alumni and the mantra is a " caring for kids " it's a directi